Marathon Quotes - Page 10

• Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

  Lord Byron

  Age, Towers, Athena

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.52, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Soccer, Country, Winning

  "Haile Gebrselassie bows to will of his people for one last hurrah". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

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• I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever.

  Susan Orlean

  Running, Sleep, Thinking

  "Bulge" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. October 15, 2010.

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• Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

  Neil Peart

  Running, Romance, Three

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• I think it's important to keep mantras fresh (sometimes the same verse can get stale). That being said, I love this powerful statement: 'Define yourself.' I rehearsed it a million times during the 2005 Chicago Marathon [her first win].

  Deena Kastor

  Powerful, Winning, Thinking

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• Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort.

  Unknown

  Encouragement, Smoking, Effort

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• It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics or World Championships, in the senior men's race there are nine.

  Paul Tergat

  Senior, Running, Country

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• I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.

  Andrew Niccol

  Thinking, People, Worry

  "Andrew Niccol on his new drone-warfare drama Good Kill". Interview with Sam Fragoso, film.avclub.com. May 20, 2015.

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• Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

  David Letterman

  New York, Race, Cities

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• I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.

  Michael Urie

  Nice, Long, Decision

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• There just isn’t a weak season of 'Breaking Bad.' There’s just superior work, a sprint toward evil that turned into a marathon. But like all big-talker shows that bring their heavy cargo in for a rough and breathlessly observed landing, 'Breaking Bad' didn’t quite leave itself enough runway to satisfactorily end some of its better story lines, especially once the chronology gap closed up between the flash-forwards from last year’s episodes and Sunday night’s conclusion. One could easily argue that there was just too much left to do in this one episode.

  Hank Stuever

  Sunday, Night, Years

  " TV ‘Breaking Bad’ finale: What happened to Walt — and to us" by Hank Stuever, www.washingtonpost.com. September 29, 2013.

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• Since I was forty and definitely slipping, I have won seven full marathons, got second six times, and third four times.... I'm wondering what I can do after I'm fifty.

  Clarence DeMar

  Endurance, Four, Fifty

  Clarence DeMar (2016). “Marathon: Autobiography of Clarence Demar- America's Grandfather of Running”, p.143, BookBaby

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• There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Grace, Religion

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• I am thankful that there are different seasons in life and training. I have learned to embrace each season realizing how important it is to allow the body, mind and spirit to fully cycle through each. My current season of marathon training is my favorite. I love the simple life of training and going after a goal with everything I have.

  Ryan Hall

  Simple, Goal, Training

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• It's a long, hard road and it's going to have its bumps; there are going to be times when you fall and times when you don't feel like going on anymore, times when you're just crazy tired but it takes focusing on that one step you're taking. That's what I'm trying to do with the marathon; I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.

  Ryan Hall

  Crazy, Fall, Tired

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• The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you'll receive. But it's just as easy to frame it as a positively challenging journey.

  Jeff Galloway

  Journey, Challenges, Negative

  Jeff Galloway (2001). “Marathon: You Can Do It!”, p.80, Shelter Publications, Inc.

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• Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Succeed, Expected

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• I believe people run marathons every day of their lives in one way or another, and we need to remember to give ourselves the finishers' medals we deserve.

  Zoe Koplowitz

  Running, Believe, People

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• I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.

  Bill Rodgers

  Race, Training, Body

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• Around mile 20 I was feeling so good, I wanted to kiss everyone.

  Josh Ritter

  Kissing, Feelings, Miles

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• When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

  Joan Benoit

  Funny, Sports, Running

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• Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.

  Robert Graves

  Truth

  "The Persian Version" l. 1 (1945)

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• I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.

  Paula Radcliffe

  New York, Years, Racing

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• It helps me sleep at night.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Sleep, Night

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• Part of the reason I fell in love with the trail is because it was so extremely difficult, more difficult than the marathons and Ironmans I'd competed in. Not just physically but emotionally it was a new challenge, as well. It really helped me to learn and grow in so many ways.

  Jennifer Pharr Davis

  Challenges, Way, Reason

  "Pharr Davis thrives on trail". Interview with Anna Katherine Clemmons, www.espn.com. July 2, 2013.

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